SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio and Balcones Heights police are investigating a string of overnight robberies that happened at convenience stores on the Northwest Side.
The latest robbery happened around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday at a 7-Eleven in the 9400 block of Bandera Road, near Braun Road.
According to an SAPD sergeant at the scene, a man walked into the store while the clerk was making coffee, pointed a gun at her and demanded money.
The man fled the store on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash from the register.
SAPD said they found a vehicle with a gun in the front seat in a nearby church parking lot. Officers are investigating if the vehicle is related to that incident and the robberies of two other stores hours before.
Just before 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, a 7-Eleven in the 4900 block of Fredericksburg Road was robbed by a man who pulled a gun on the clerk, police said. The man fled with an unknown amount of cash.
A Circle K in the 3900 block of Fredericksburg Road was robbed around 3:10 a.m. Wednesday in the same fashion, according to Balcones Heights police.
This is a developing story. It will be updated as more information becomes available.
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